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CVE-2016-6738
Published: Nov 25, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm crypto engine driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Android ID: A-30034511. References: Qualcomm QC-CR#1050538.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Google Inc. | Android | affected Kernel-3.10affected Kernel-3.18 |
References
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
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